Project Director – CDC Strengthening Public Health Systems at Corus International

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall management, strategic direction, and technical leadership to the project to achieve expected project results within budget and timeframe.
• Serve as principal liaison to CDC and the country governments, ensuring high levels of coordination, while nurturing relationships with all key stakeholders (including partner organizations at the national and subnational level) on administrative, financial, and programmatic matters related to the project.
• Liaise with CDC, other donors, and implementing partners and stakeholders, to ensure coordination of and harmonization with other relevant public health mechanisms, private sector engagement, and USG activities globally.
• Ensure results-oriented technical components and high-quality and timely deliverables and reports.
• Oversee implementing partners and advise on technical issues.
• Lead project teams (e.g., technical, program, finance, and operational staff) to ensure program tasks, deliverables, and responsibilities are met; staff management includes hiring, supervising, and mentoring project staff.
• Oversee project deliverables, including ensuring report preparation and high-quality timely submission, and ensuring cross-cutting issues are effectively integrated into project implementation.
• Direct preparation of annual work plans, project activity updates, and other project-related communication and reporting materials.
• Represent the project in all technical, policy, and programmatic fora at all levels (country, national, and international). Identify lessons learned and best practices for external dissemination.
• Oversee implementing partners and advise on technical issues.
• Ensure compliance with CDC rules and regulations, working with the headquarters grants and contracts team.

Qualifications

• Advanced graduate degree in public health, medicine/nursing, international development, or related field experience.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in the implementation and management of international donor/CDC funded health projects, with substantial knowledge and experience related to infectious diseases prevention and mitigation highly preferred.
• Proven technical expertise using new approaches to strengthen outbreak response, and disease surveillance.
• Knowledge of USG framework of strengthening immunization and disease surveillance systems in fragile contexts and familiarity with CDC policy and strategies to strengthen immunization and disease surveillance systems.
• Deep knowledge of the Nigeria health system, as well as the political, social and economic contexts expected.
• Knowledge of and experience with CDC rules and regulations required.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining strong relationships with government agencies, international donor agencies and private sector stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating and coordinating with local and national host government agencies and aligning program activities and results with national strategies.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, including technical, management, and evaluation expertise for complex programs in resource-constrained countries; prior experience as a Project Director/Chief of Party for CDC-funded projects similar in scope and size is required.
• Strong staff supervision skills and demonstrated ability to coordinate programs with partners from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences; demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience building the capacity of national non-government partner organizations and government systems to achieve CDC's goal of strengthening national ownership for future funding.
• Strong communication skills, including both written and oral presentation skills; proven ability to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse public and private partners.
• English fluency with professional proficiency in writing required; fluency or proficiency in French strongly preferred.
• Experience working fragile contexts preferred.
• Ability to travel to project sites as needed.